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Research on preparation and mechanical properties of rapidly vulcanized nitrile rubber

LI Yutong 1,2,CHEN Dongping3, LI Tiezhu3, WANG Fushan3*, LI Lin1,WANG Hui1*   

  1. 1.College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China; 2. Shanghai Weilan Industrial Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai 201802, China; 3.PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, Lanzhou 730060, China 
  • Received:2024-11-15 Accepted:2024-12-16 Published:2025-09-02 Online:2025-09-02
  • Contact: WANG Fushan,WANG Hui E-mail:wfshan@petrochina.com.cn/hwang@qust.edu.cn

Abstract: Herein, a wet-mixing process was used to improve the dispersion of fillers in nitrile latex by incorporating three types of accelerators: trialkyl chlorides (TACs), tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD), and zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate (ZTC). These accelerators were added to cost-effective and readily available nitrile latex, followed by mixing, coagulation, washing, and drying to obtain nitrile rubber nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). A novel rapidly-vulcanized NBR was developed using the properties of NBR3445F and NBR3345 as reference standards, and the effects of different types and dosages of accelerators on the vulcanization characteristics, mechanical properties, and microstructure of the developed NBR were studied. Results showed that compared with conventional rapidly vulcanized NBR, the developed NBR with 2 parts of accelerator TAC (TAC-2) exhibited 4.7 higher vulcanization speed, a 138% higher tensile strength, and 59% higher tear strength. This NBR also exhibited substantially higher overall performance than NBRs with the other two accelerators, ZTC and TMTD. These findings were well aligned with the microstructural characteristics observed in scanning electron microscopy image. Based on the premise of ensuring rapid vulcanization speed and safe processing performance, TAC, an accelerator with better performance, can be selected to manufacture a rapidly vulcanized NBR, providing a technical path and an experimental basis for the development of related materials.

Key words:  rapid vulcanization, wet mixing, accelerator, butadiene nitrile latex, nitrile rubber(NBR)

CLC Number: 

  • TQ333.7